Kash Does Non-Fic

 Aakash Vasireddy | Blog Post #2 | Non-Fiction Writing | September 30th, 2021 Names. A word, or words in some cases, given to each of us by our parents upon arrival into this world. A word as we grow older that we learn to associate with ourselves, our hands adjusting to the movement of the pattern of letters our pens and pencils make to denote possession. A word we use to refer to ourselves in discussions with peers, friends, and those who surround us, first, last, and middle (or lack thereof) combining to form differences between each of society’s individuals. It portrays power: the impact your name creates as it is announced on the microphone or at the front of the class, resonating to all the people that hear it. It portrays identity: the things, items, personalities, emotions, characteristics, memories, that pop into one another’s minds as the name is mentioned, a crystal clear image. It gives… understanding and meaning - an understanding and meaning of the stories that make u...

Aakash Vasireddy | Blog Post #1 | Non Fiction Writing | September 9th, 2021 After a week of spending time at a lake house eight hours away with five close friends who make our collective combination of brain cells just over three, I can say that, at the very least, Wisconsin was... interesting . Plentiful highs to complement the lowest of lows, and, of course, all the moments that make up the in-between. Now, naturally I could say, “It was fun, etc. etc.,” and, don’t get me wrong, the experience was tons of fun, but the term interesting not only suits the trip more appropriately, but also generates more… excitement.  A couple weeks before we took on the exciting but also daunting prospects of our last year at Uni, a few of my closest friends - Ian, Ivan, Elias, Andy, and Ekam - and I took a week-long trip to Andy’s lake house which became filled with funny moments even before we arrived at the house. Pontooning, riding jet skis, watching movies together - these were all things pro...